January 3rd, 2018 will mark a special stardate in Star Trek history; the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the second live-action Star Trek spinoff series, “Deep Space Nine”… I still remember the premiere of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” on January 3, 1993. I was living in my tiny bachelor apartment at the time…
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In defense of “Star Trek: Generations”
Twenty three years ago, on a brisk November night (brisk for California, anyway) a friend and I went out to the first night’s showing of Star Trek Generations (GEN). The theater we saw GEN in was a relatively new multiplex only about a mile and a half from my old apartment, alongside the train…
Still clinging on to the Klingons…
Ever since last week’s debut of Star Trek Discovery’s first two episodes, I’ve been reading a lot of online fan-rage about the new look of the Klingons. Many of them say the new Klingons look too “monstrous,” and far too different from previous interpretations seen in the Star Trek movies, Star Trek: The Next Generation and its…
Building Better Worlds…one sci-fi convention at a time.
I spent most of the first week of August in Las Vegas at the annual Star Trek convention at the Rio hotel, and a couple weeks before that, my wife and I spent five days at San Diego Comic Con. Now, to any who’ve read this blog, I tend to go on a bit…
Vegas Star Trek 2: The Wrap-up of Con
Well, the annual Vegas Star Trek convention for 2017 ended Sunday, and I got home early Monday morning; and while I meant to file this one a day or so ago, life stuff happened (lots of little things that needed attention seemingly snowballed into a big pile of things to do once I got home)….
Stardate August 2017: Las Vegas Star Trek convention, days 1 and 2…
Well, I was hoping to have photos to go with this blog entry but the combined might of my iPad, iPhone and hotel internet just aren’t up to the task. Humph… oh well. As soon as I’m back. Promise. Day one (Weds. August 2nd). Got to Vegas around 10 in the morning (3.5 hour drive…
Keep on Trekkin’! “Star Trek: The Next Generation” 30 years later…
As I write this, I can hardly believe that this September will mark the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG). When the news of ST’s return to the cathode ray broke in the fall of 1986 (coinciding with the release of the movie, “The Voyage Home”), I was pretty excited. As…